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Encyclopedia > Robert Korzeniowski

Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczow, Poland) is a Polish racewalker. He has won four gold medals at the Summer Olympics and has won several world championships. July 30 is the 211th day (212th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 154 days remaining. ... Current Lubaczow Coat of Arms Old Lubaczow Coat of Arms Lubaczów is a town in southeastern Poland, close to the border with Ukraine, with 13,000 inhabitants (1998). ... The Republic of Poland, a democratic country with a population of 38,626,349 and area of 312,685 km², is located in Central Europe, between Germany to the west, the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south, Ukraine and Belarus to the east, and the Baltic Sea, Lithuania and... World Race Walking Cup Race walking is a special long distance race event in athletics in which the participants must walk. ... The Summer Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event held every four years, organised by the International Olympic Committee. ...


Korzeniowski won is a three peat winner of the 50 km walk at the Summer Olympics. He won 1996 in Atlanta, 2000 in Sydney, and 2004 in Athens. In addition, he became the first athlete to claim both the long distance and the short distance crown, when he won the 20 km title at the 2000 games. He won world championship titles in 1997, 2001, and 2003. Categories: 1996 Summer Olympics ... Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, commonly known as the 2004 Summer Olympics were the 28th Summer Olympic Games. ... The 1997 World Championships in Athletics under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations were held at the Olympic Stadium, Greece between August 1 and August 10. ... The 2001 World Championships in Athletics were held at the Canada between August 3 and August 12 and was the first time the event had visited North America. ... The 9th IAAF World Championships in Athletics were held from August 23 to August 31, 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint Denis, Paris, France. ...


He retired after the 2004 games but is looking to become actively involved in various roles at the International Olympic Committee. Alternative meanings at IOC (disambiguation) The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin in 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece, and organize this sports event every four years. ...


External link

  • Official website (http://www.korzeniowski.pl/) (in Polish)
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 20 km walking
Leonid Spirin | Vladimir Golubnichy | Ken Matthews | Vladimir Glubnichy | Peter Frenkel | Daniel Bautista | Maurizio Damilano | Ernesto Canto | Jozef Pribilinec | Daniel Plaza | Jefferson Pérez | Robert Korzeniowski | Ivano Brugnetti
Olympic medalists in athletics (men) | Olympic Champions in Men's 50 km walking
Thomas Green | Harold Whitlock | John Ljunggren | Giuseppe Dordoni | Norman Read | Don Thompson | Abdon Pamich | Christoph Höhne | Bernd Kannenberg | Hartwig Gauder | Raúl González | Vyacheslav Ivanenko | Andrey Perlov | Robert Korzeniowski (three times)

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Robert Korzeniowski (born July 30, 1968 in Lubaczów, Poland) is a former Polish racewalker.
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